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From Unemployment Benefits to Unemployment Accounts
Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by unemployment accounts (UA). Under the UA system, employed people would be required to make ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the balances in these accounts would then be available to...
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Unemployment Vouchers versus Low-Wage Subsidies
Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
granted to all low-wage earners regardless of their employment history and are of limitless duration. Our analysis indicates … workers are (i.e. the more their wages rise with employment duration), the more effective will unemployment vouchers be …
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Unemployment Accounts and Employment Incentives
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
people’s employment incentives and could achieve reductions in unemployment without reducing the level of support to the …
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